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Tarkus31 
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 17:53 |
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II just started listening to Dream Theater, and have mixed feelings. I like their prog stuff alot, but I dont like the heavy metal part. I've downloaded some stuff from Falling into Infinity, and Images And Words, and really like the stuff from those albums. Do they have anything similar? I've tried Octavarium, and its ok.
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 17:56 |
^ you should dwell some time on Images and Words ... it's one of their best albums. I prefer Awake by a narrow margin, but it's also a bit heavier. If you want to know more about the other albums - there are tons of reviews! 
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 17:57 |
my personal favourite album are scenes from a memory and six degrees of inner turbulence, metropolis is one of their most proggy albums
if you dont like their heavier stuff stear clear of train of thought, despite the fact i actually quite love that album
Edited by yoel? - September 29 2007 at 17:58
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Tarkus31
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 18:11 |
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Hey, thanks for the quick replies! Much appretiated!
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 18:37 |
 Tarkus31 wrote:
II just started listening to Dream Theater, and have
mixed feelings. I like their prog stuff alot, but I dont like the heavy
metal part. |
maybe I'm old school.... or just went into aural shutdown during my
stay in Raff's 'House of DT horrors' where I was .... exposed  to all the DT albums in their full glory. But I don't recall 'heavy metal' IN Dream Theater.
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 18:38 |
Apart from the ones you've mentioned I'd go for Scenes from a Memory next. You might also enjoy A Change of Seasons.
If you don't like the heavy stuff I'd avoid their latest, Systematic Chaos and especially Train of Thought.
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 18:50 |
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When Day and Dream Unite is different, but still fantastic. I've been listening to it more and more. It is heavy, but not in the same way thanks to the mix. It's definately some of they're proggiest stuff though.
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 19:04 |
Tarkus31 wrote:
II just started listening to Dream Theater, and have mixed feelings. I like their prog stuff alot, but I dont like the heavy metal part. I've downloaded some stuff from Falling into Infinity, and Images And Words, and really like the stuff from those albums. Do they have anything similar? I've tried Octavarium, and its ok. |
If you're going to investigate any further in DT, there's no way you can avoid the metal thing. Anyway, their melodically richest albums are "Images and Words" and "Scenes from a Memory", so perhaps you can concentrate on these two for a while and let them grow on you in time, if they ever. Also, the "A Change of Seasons" suite from the equally titled EP can complement your current investigation on DT's most progressive side. In many ways, this suite recaptured the essence of "I&W", which is explained by the fact that its main body had originally been composed for that 1992's album.
Kind regards.
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 19:05 |
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ZOMG EVRY DT ALBUM IS SO GOOD U SHUD JUST GET ALL OF DEM AND SAV YURSELF TEH TROUBL.
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 19:09 |
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Get Images and Words, A Change of Seasons, Falling Into Infinity, Scenes from a Memory, and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (the second disk is worth the heaviness of the first) for the best and least metal Dream Theater music.
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 19:30 |
Awake is my favorite, and while it's one of their darker and heavier efforts it's very melodic and dynamic at the same time.
Images and Words and Falling Into Infinity are great tries as well, though the latter is one of their most commercial albums (but it's better than Octavarium, in my opinion). I&W, however, is a Prog-Metal classic!
Edited by Bj-1 - September 29 2007 at 19:31
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Tarkus31
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 19:58 |
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Wow, I just want to say thanks for all the help, and I am really starting to enjoy DT quite a bit. Its alot of fun to discover a really good band.
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~~~Brian~~~
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 20:31 |
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You need to try out Scenes from a Memory and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 05:52 |
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In my opinion, Images and Words is the only one worth having. There is some good stuff scattered throughout the other albums too, but the only really consistent album is I&W.
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 07:51 |
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I think most of DT's albums are varied. "Octavarium" is by far the least heavy, so you should be prepared for more heaviness on many of the other albums. Personally, I tend to prefer their heavier tracks, while I actually dislike a couple of the more ballady ones, but that's just me.
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 12:20 |
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Images and Awake...masterpieces.
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 12:25 |
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Their best albm is MDK by far, but KA is excellent and I'm really enjoying their debut lately, "KOBAIA".
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 12:48 |
Shakespeare wrote:
Their best albm is MDK by far, but KA is excellent and I'm really enjoying their debut lately, "KOBAIA".
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Ah yes, their 'background music' - phase.
But I'll recommend Images and Words instead of these albums. Quite a pleasant album.
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 12:48 |
Visitor13 wrote:
Shakespeare wrote:
Their best albm is MDK by far, but KA is excellent and I'm really enjoying their debut lately, "KOBAIA".
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Ah yes, their 'background music' - phase.
But I'll recommend Images and Words instead of these albums. Quite a pleasant album. |
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 12:53 |
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